Sochi weather in February

In February, Sochi sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 108 mm of precipitation across 11.9 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Sochi's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sochi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 8°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 108 mm; 11.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 7:29 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.4; out of 10

Sochi is city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Density: 1,853/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1838

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month.

A typical February day in Sochi reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	5
2	8	5
3	8	5
4	8	5
5	8	5
6	8	5
7	8	5
8	8	5
9	8	5
10	8	5
11	8	5
12	8	5
13	8	5
14	8	5
15	8	5
16	8	5
17	8	5
18	8	5
19	8	5
20	9	5
21	9	5
22	9	5
23	9	5
24	9	5
25	9	5
26	9	5
27	9	5
28	9	6

Sochi weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 5°	145	15	5.6	9.1	1.4
Feb	8° / 5°	108	11.9	4.8	10.2	1.4
Mar	10° / 6°	112	13.6	2.9	11.6	2.2
Apr	14° / 10°	87	10.7	0.4	13.2	4.0
May	19° / 14°	81	10.1	0	14.5	6.1
Jun	23° / 19°	72	9.5	0	15.2	7.3
Jul	26° / 22°	80	9.9	0	14.9	7.4
Aug	26° / 23°	66	9.3	0	13.8	7.4
Sep	23° / 20°	112	9.7	0	12.3	7.3
Oct	19° / 16°	134	10.7	0	10.8	6.2
Nov	14° / 11°	131	10.9	1	9.5	4.2
Dec	11° / 7°	146	14.2	2.8	8.8	2.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	29	30	30	32	32	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	34	34	34
Cloudier (%)	71	70	70	68	68	67	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	66	66	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Sochi gets around 108 mm of rain and snow over 11.9 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 43% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	48	48	48	47	47	46	45	44	44	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	45
Snow chance (%)	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	23
2	48	23
3	48	23
4	47	22
5	47	22
6	46	21
7	45	21
8	44	20
9	44	20
10	43	19
11	42	19
12	42	19
13	42	18
14	41	18
15	41	18
16	41	18
17	41	17
18	41	17
19	41	17
20	41	16
21	41	16
22	42	16
23	42	15
24	43	15
25	43	15
26	44	15
27	44	14
28	45	14

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 12 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:46 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:59 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:10
Sunset (PM)	5:23	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:46	5:23
2	9.7	7:45	5:25
3	9.7	7:44	5:26
4	9.7	7:43	5:27
5	9.8	7:42	5:29
6	9.8	7:41	5:30
7	9.9	7:40	5:31
8	9.9	7:38	5:33
9	9.9	7:37	5:34
10	10.0	7:36	5:35
11	10.0	7:35	5:37
12	10.1	7:33	5:38
13	10.1	7:32	5:39
14	10.2	7:31	5:41
15	10.2	7:29	5:42
16	10.3	7:28	5:43
17	10.3	7:27	5:45
18	10.3	7:25	5:46
19	10.4	7:24	5:47
20	10.4	7:22	5:49
21	10.5	7:21	5:50
22	10.5	7:19	5:51
23	10.6	7:18	5:53
24	10.6	7:16	5:54
25	10.7	7:15	5:55
26	10.7	7:13	5:57
27	10.8	7:11	5:58
28	10.8	7:10	5:59

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.32 kWh/m² to a high of 6.44 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 2.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.9	Dim
2	1.9	Dim
3	2.0	Dim
4	2.0	Moderate
5	2.0	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.2	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.5	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.6	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Sochi?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.4

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sochi.

What to pack for Sochi in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Sochi sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Sochi in February

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 6 to Oct 18 — about 4.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	10	9	9	12	17	22	25	26	24	20	16	13
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	12	Bracing
May	17	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	13	Bracing

UV index in Sochi in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sochi peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	2	6	6	8	8	8	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Sochi?

Sochi sits at 43.6°N, 39.7°E, 28 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Dagomys, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Sochi

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sochi.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sochi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 207 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,008 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,254 m.

The land around Sochi is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), trees (32%) and water (29%) within 3 km, water (49%) and trees (46%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

207 m

artificial surfaces 37%

16 km

1,008 m

water 49%

80 km

3,254 m

trees 56%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Sochi year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Dagomys 9.0 km · Khosta 15 km · Kudepsta 18 km · Adler 25 km · Lazarevskoye 47 km · Tuapse 76 km · Khadyzhensk 93 km · Apsheronsk 96 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,547; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 76%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.8; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 12; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Sochi (43.597°, 39.7248°, elevation 28 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	5
2	8	5
3	8	5
4	8	5
5	8	5
6	8	5
7	8	5
8	8	5
9	8	5
10	8	5
11	8	5
12	8	5
13	8	5
14	8	5
15	8	5
16	8	5
17	8	5
18	8	5
19	8	5
20	9	5
21	9	5
22	9	5
23	9	5
24	9	5
25	9	5
26	9	5
27	9	5
28	9	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	23
2	48	23
3	48	23
4	47	22
5	47	22
6	46	21
7	45	21
8	44	20
9	44	20
10	43	19
11	42	19
12	42	19
13	42	18
14	41	18
15	41	18
16	41	18
17	41	17
18	41	17
19	41	17
20	41	16
21	41	16
22	42	16
23	42	15
24	43	15
25	43	15
26	44	15
27	44	14
28	45	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	5
2	8	5
3	8	5
4	8	5
5	8	5
6	8	5
7	8	5
8	8	5
9	8	5
10	8	5
11	8	5
12	8	5
13	8	5
14	8	5
15	8	5
16	8	5
17	8	5
18	8	5
19	8	5
20	9	5
21	9	5
22	9	5
23	9	5
24	9	5
25	9	5
26	9	5
27	9	5
28	9	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	23
2	48	23
3	48	23
4	47	22
5	47	22
6	46	21
7	45	21
8	44	20
9	44	20
10	43	19
11	42	19
12	42	19
13	42	18
14	41	18
15	41	18
16	41	18
17	41	17
18	41	17
19	41	17
20	41	16
21	41	16
22	42	16
23	42	15
24	43	15
25	43	15
26	44	15
27	44	14
28	45	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	8	5
2	8	5
3	8	5
4	8	5
5	8	5
6	8	5
7	8	5
8	8	5
9	8	5
10	8	5
11	8	5
12	8	5
13	8	5
14	8	5
15	8	5
16	8	5
17	8	5
18	8	5
19	8	5
20	9	5
21	9	5
22	9	5
23	9	5
24	9	5
25	9	5
26	9	5
27	9	5
28	9	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	34	66

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	48	23
2	48	23
3	48	23
4	47	22
5	47	22
6	46	21
7	45	21
8	44	20
9	44	20
10	43	19
11	42	19
12	42	19
13	42	18
14	41	18
15	41	18
16	41	18
17	41	17
18	41	17
19	41	17
20	41	16
21	41	16
22	42	16
23	42	15
24	43	15
25	43	15
26	44	15
27	44	14
28	45	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100